Unplugged with Tyler Winters and John Pearman
Welcome to Unplugged (formerly The All Punked Up Podcast), your essential weekly music fix, hosted by best friends and former bandmates Tyler Winters and John Pearman. Tune in as they break down the latest music news and deliver exclusive interviews with top artists and emerging talents in alternative rock, pop-punk, emo, indie, country, and beyond. With their finger on the pulse of the music scene, Tyler and John offer fresh insights, laced with humor and a touch of sarcasm, ensuring you’re both entertained and in the know.
Episodes
This week, Tyler and John question where the podcast goes from here. They also break down Mark Zuckerberg and T-Pain teaming up for a baffling remake of "Get Low," The Goo Goo Dolls and Dashboard Confessional touring together, and My Chemical Romance announcing a massive North American tour for 2025...and managing to enrage fans in the process. (Ticketmaster, we’re looking at you!)
We also discuss rumors of ...
This episode was originally published on 10/25/21.
Tyler rides solo for this week's episode, but continues with the Spooky Season theme. And what better way to continue it than by talking about the band that brings the spooky vibes: My Chemical Romance. Did you know My Chemical Romance recorded the highly successful ‘The Black Parade’ album in a haunted mansion called The Paramour Estate? And, apparently...
This episode was originally published on 10/18/21.
It's officially Spooky Season, so Bailey and Tyler thought it would be appropriate to discuss and explain the wild conspiracy theory that Avril Lavigne is dead and was replaced by a look-alike actress named Melissa Vandella. Crazy, right? This conspiracy has lived on since 2005 but gained a ton of traction when details came out in 2011. Listen to them ex...
We're back! While we were out, there was a lot of news to catch up on that we needed to comment on. It's being reported that Warped Tour 2025 is going to happen, Dave Grohl just fathered a baby outside of his 21-year marriage, Oasis has reunited, Linkin Park has reunited, Jane's Addiction recently reunited and fought each other on-stage, and Fyre Festival II is a go, but hasn't booked any bands (no...
On this episode, John and Tyler share their thoughts on blink-182's recent release of four new song teasers, the lineup and tracklisting for Disney's upcoming pop-punk covers album titled A Whole New Sound, a recent blink-182 gig review where it is clear that the writer of the article has no idea who blink-182 is, they grade Jelly Roll's chokeslam, and talk about who knows what.
Listen to the f...
On this episode, Tyler and John discuss the real possibility and proof of a future blink-182 live album being announced. Additionally, Tyler shares his discovery of bootlegs and unreleased tracks hiding in plain sight on Spotify. They both discuss and answer a Redditor's question about concert attendees not standing for blink-182 when they performed throughout the night. Spoiler: they think the Redditor is the as...
This episode is jam-packed! In this week's episode, Tyler and John discuss the recent horrible performance of the National Anthem by Ingrid Andress, Tenacious D's untimely joke that has gotten them canceled, and MGK getting fangs. They also read mean tweets about last week's episode and round things out with a debate on whether Green Day's era of Dookie - Nimrod was better or worse than blink-182&a...
On this episode, Tyler and John discuss Disney's exciting announcement of a pop-punk covers album featuring beloved Disney songs. The boys then listen to Simple Plan's cover of Elton John's "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", the album's debut track, for the first time and give their live reactions. Going in, neither one of them had high hopes for this song.
Check out the new Simple...
With the boys off this week, Tyler and John are sharing a conversation they had after last week's episode where they discuss bands and songs they'd be ok with never hearing again. Do you agree? Let us know on our socials what bands and/or songs you'd be ok with never hearing again.
As always, thanks for listening! Want to listen to this podcast on your favorite podcast player? You can do ...
On this episode, Tyler and John take a look at and grade Alternative Press' recent list of the 5 Best Emo Vocalists of All Time. Do they agree? But before they get to that, they discuss new music from blink-182, The Dangerous Summer, The Story So Far, The Used, and more.
Check out blink-182's new song "Can't Go Back".
This week, Tyler and John are back from their nearly month-long hiatus. On this episode, they explain the reasoning behind the break, answer the question of whether or not bands should feel obligated to play the hits at concerts, talk about the dumbass parent who brought their baby to the pit at a T. Swift concert, bring up the topic of concert fatigue starting to become a thing, and round things out discussing new mu...
For this episode, John and Tyler go LIVE on Yellowcard frontman Ryan Key's Twitch channel. It was a great discussion that touched on topics of the band's reunion, the reasons why they seem bigger than they've ever been, their upcoming tour, and whether or not the band has plans to make a new album. Ryan also shares how he tries to balance life fronting one of the scene's most iconic bands as a new ...
This week, we get our Spotify listening habits roasted by AI. We also talk about new music from The Dangerous Summer and new Hopeless Records signee Karen Dió. We also follow up on The Starting Line getting a big streaming boost from Taylor Swift and the Smashing Pumpkins revealing their new guitar player.
As always, thanks for listening! Want to listen to this podcast on your favorite podcast player? Y...
On this episode, before John and Tyler discuss bands that are universally praised by the scene but shouldn't be, they kick things off with a discussion about how The Starting Line was referenced in a new Taylor Swift song.. They also bring up Jack White and his weird call to clean up some rocks. Also in this episode, the boys weigh in on country superstars Morgan Wallen acting like a dipshit and Jelly Roll being ...
In this episode, John and Tyler take to the streets of Reddit again. This time to answer the question: How big do you think Olivia Rodrigo can get? And do you think she will keep leaning towards pop-punk more? The boys have a lot to say about this one.
As always, thanks for listening! Want to listen to this podcast on your favorite podcast player? You can do so here. Please consider rating and reviewing...
In this episode, Tyler and John take to the streets of Reddit for their topics this week. The first topic includes a 19-year-old female who had the worst experience imaginable at a recent Fall Out Boy concert. They share their thoughts on that and who they think is at fault. The second topic is from someone asking: is pop punk becoming too homogenized nowadays? The boys give their hot takes and weigh in on this while ...
In this episode, Tyler and John discuss Sum 41's new and final album Heaven :x: Hell. They also talk about their thoughts on artists who release multiple vinyl variations to boost album sales. Billie Eilish recently came out disapproving of this practice even though she's done it before. Finally, the boys share their thoughts on a trend pointing to song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry, and sel...
This is a special episode where we talk to fans of the music scene, get to know them a bit more as fans of music, and dive into what they do for a living.
This week, we talk to one of you, Dr. Tom, a podiatrist (foot doctor) and a fan of the scene. Dr. Tom is a supporter of the show and (full disclosure) a long-time friend of both Tyler and John, as well as Tyler's personal foot doctor. Before moving int...
This week, John and Tyler review songs from Hot Mulligan, The Story So Far, LØLØ, and The Home Team. They then round out the episode by sharing their hot take reactions on the controversial opinions fans of the scene have but are too embarrassed to admit.
As always, thanks for listening! Want to listen to this podcast on your favorite podcast player? You can do so here. Please consider rating and review...
In this episode, Tyler and John discuss how artists are gaming the Billboard charts in the lamest way possible to boost rankings. They express frustration with these strategies and question the credibility of chart achievements, particularly regarding the dominance of certain artists like Sum 41, blink-182, Drake, and Taylor Swift. This conversation leads to a discussion about today's potential influence of payol...
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